DII INDUSTRIES, LLC ASBESTOS PI TRUST SEVENTH AMENDED TRUST DISTRIBUTION PROCEDURES

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1 DII INDUSTRIES, LLC ASBESTOS PI TRUST SEVENTH AMENDED TRUST DISTRIBUTION PROCEDURES (January 18, 2013)

2 DII INDUSTRIES, LLC ASBESTOS PI TRUST SEVENTH AMENDED TRUST DISTRIBUTION PROCEDURES TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION 1 Introduction Purpose Interpretation...1 SECTION 2 Overview Asbestos PI Trust Goals Asbestos PI Trust Claim Liquidation Procedures Asbestos PI Trust Application of the Payment Percentage Asbestos PI Trust s Determination of the Maximum Annual Payment and Maximum Available Payment Asbestos Unsecured PI Trust Claims Payment Ratio and Reduced Payment Option Asbestos PI Trust Indemnity and Contribution Claims...6 SECTION 3 TDP Administration Asbestos TAC and Legal Representative Consultation and Consent Procedures...7 SECTION 4 Payment Percentage; Periodic Estimates Uncertainty of the Halliburton Entities and the Harbison-Walker Entities Asbestos Personal Injury Liabilities Payment Percentage Applicability of the Payment Percentage...8 SECTION 5 Resolution of Asbestos Unsecured PI Trust Claims Ordering, Processing, and Payment of Claims (a) 5.1(b) Ordering of Claims...9 Payment of Claims (c) Adjusting Payments Option...11 i

3 5.2 Resolution of Liquidated Asbestos Unsecured PI Trust Claims (a) Qualifying Settled Asbestos PI Trust Claims (b) Asbestos Final Judgment Claims Resolution of Unliquidated Asbestos Pl Trust Claims (a) Expedited Review Process (b) Individual Review Process (c) Review and Adjustment of Scheduled Values, Average Values and Maximum Values Categorizing Claims as Extraordinary and/or Exigent Hardship Secondary Exposure Claims Indirect Asbestos PI Trust Claims (a) In General (b) Certain Indemnification Claims Evidentiary Requirements (a) Medical Evidence (b) Exposure Evidence (c) Company Exposure Claims Audit Program Second Disease (Malignancy) Claims Arbitration (a) Establishment of Alternative Dispute Resolution Procedures (b) Claims Eligible for Arbitration (c) Limitations on and Payment of Arbitration Awards Litigation SECTION 6 Claims Materials Claims Materials Content of Claims Materials Withdrawal or Deferral of Claims Filing Requirements and Fees...32 ii

4 SECTION 7 General Guidelines for Liquidating and Paying Claims Showing Required Costs Considered Discretion to Vary the Order and Amounts of Payments in Event of Limited Liquidity Punitive Damages Sequencing Adjustments (a) In General (b) Unliquidated Asbestos Trust Claims Suits in a Judicial Forum Payment of Judgments for Money Damages Releases Third-Party Services SECTION 8 Miscellaneous Amendments Severability Governing Law Confidentiality of Claimant Submissions iii

5 DII INDUSTRIES, LLC ASBESTOS PI TRUST SEVENTH AMENDED TRUST DISTRIBUTION PROCEDURES The DII Industries, LLC Asbestos PI Trust Seventh Amended Trust Distribution Procedures ( TDP ) contained herein provide for resolving all Asbestos Unsecured PI Trust Claims (including so-called premises liability claims) for which a Halliburton Entity or a Harbison-Walker Entity has legal responsibility, as provided in and required by the Debtors Joint Prepackaged Plan of Reorganization Under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code ( Plan ) and the DII Industries, LLC Asbestos PI Trust Agreement (the Asbestos PI Trust Agreement ). The Plan and Asbestos PI Trust Agreement establish the DII Industries, LLC Asbestos PI Trust (the Asbestos PI Trust ). The Trustees shall implement and administer this TDP in accordance with the Asbestos PI Trust Agreement. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Definitive Uniform Glossary of Defined Terms for Plan Documents filed of record with the Bankruptcy Court on November 22, 2004 [Docket # 2086]. 1.1 Purpose SECTION 1 Introduction This TDP has been adopted pursuant to the Asbestos PI Trust Agreement. It is designed to provide fair, equitable, and substantially similar treatment for all Asbestos Unsecured PI Trust Claims that may presently exist or may arise in the future. 1.2 Interpretation Except as may otherwise be provided below, nothing in this TDP shall be deemed to create a substantive right for any claimant. 2.1 Asbestos PI Trust Goals SECTION 2 Overview The goal of the Asbestos PI Trust is to treat all claimants equitably and in accordance with the requirements of section 524(g) of the Bankruptcy Code. This TDP furthers that goal by setting forth procedures for processing and paying claims generally on an impartial, first-in-firstout ( FIFO ) basis, with the intention of paying all claimants over time as equivalent a share as possible of the value of their claims based on historical values for substantially similar claims in the tort system. 1 To this end, this TDP establishes a single schedule of eight asbestos-related 1 As used in this TDP, the phrase in the tort system shall include only claims asserted by way of litigation and not claims asserted against a trust established pursuant to section 524(g) and/or section 105 of the Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable law. 1

6 diseases ( Disease Levels ), seven of which have presumptive medical and exposure requirements ( Medical/Exposure Criteria ) and specific liquidated values ( Scheduled Values ), and five of which have both anticipated average values ( Average Values ) and caps on their liquidated values ( Maximum Values ). The Disease Levels, Medical/Exposure Criteria, Scheduled Values, Average Values, and Maximum Values, set forth in sections 5.3 and 5.4 below, have been selected and derived with the intention of achieving a fair allocation of the Asbestos PI Trust funds as among claimants suffering from different disease processes in light of the best available information considering the settlement history of the Halliburton Entities and the Harbison-Walker Entities and the rights claimants would have in the tort system absent the Reorganization Cases. A claimant may assert separate Asbestos Unsecured PI Trust Claims against the Asbestos PI Trust based on exposure to asbestos or asbestos-containing products manufactured or distributed by more than one of the Halliburton Entities or the Harbison-Walker Entities (the Multiple Exposure Claims ). To the extent that the Asbestos PI Trust has separate liabilities to a single claimant based on Multiple Exposure Claims, the Asbestos PI Trust shall pay the claimant its several share of the liquidated value of each of the separate claim or claims for which it is liable, subject to the applicable Payment Percentage and Maximum Annual Payment, and Claims Payment Ratio limitations, if any, set forth below. Under no circumstances, however, shall any claimant receive more than the full liquidated value of each of one Harbison- Walker Asbestos PI Trust Claim and one Non-Harbison-Walker Asbestos PI Trust Claim (as defined in section 5.3(a)(3) below) as such value(s) is (are) determined under this TDP. 2.2 Asbestos PI Trust Claim Liquidation Procedures Asbestos Unsecured PI Trust Claims shall be processed based on their place in the FIFO Processing Queues to be established pursuant to section 5.1(a) and section 5.2 below. The Asbestos PI Trust shall take all reasonable steps to resolve Asbestos Unsecured PI Trust Claims as efficiently and expeditiously as possible at each stage of claims processing and arbitration, which steps may include conducting settlement discussions with claimants representatives of more than one claim at a time; provided, however, that the claimants respective positions in the FIFO Processing Queue are maintained and each claim is individually evaluated pursuant to the valuation factors set forth in section 5.3(b)(2) below. The Asbestos PI Trust also shall make every effort to resolve each year at least that number of Asbestos Unsecured PI Trust Claims required to exhaust the Maximum Annual Payment and the Maximum Available Payment, as those terms are defined below. The Asbestos PI Trust shall process and liquidate all Asbestos Unsecured PI Trust Claims, other than Qualifying Settled Asbestos Unsecured PI Trust Claims and Asbestos Final Judgment Claims, pursuant to the relevant provisions of this TDP. Qualifying Settled Asbestos Unsecured PI Trust Claims shall be processed and paid solely pursuant to the Plan, the Asbestos PI Trust Funding Agreement, and section 5.2(a) below. Asbestos Final Judgment Claims shall be processed and paid pursuant to section 5.2(b) below. Asbestos Unsecured PI Trust Claims, other than Foreign Claims, that meet the presumptive Medical/Exposure Criteria of Disease Levels I-V, VII, and VIII shall be processed and paid under the Expedited Review process described in section 5.3(a) herein. Asbestos 2

7 Unsecured PI Trust Claims involving Disease Levels I-V, VII, and VIII that do not meet the presumptive Medical/Exposure Criteria for the relevant Disease Level may undergo the Asbestos PI Trust s Individual Review process described in section 5.3(b). In the case of Disease Levels I III, notwithstanding that the claim does not meet the presumptive Medical/Exposure Criteria for the relevant Disease Level, the Asbestos PI Trust can offer the claimant an amount up to the Scheduled Value of that Disease Level if the Asbestos PI Trust is satisfied that the claimant has presented a claim that would be cognizable and valid in the tort system. Asbestos Unsecured PI Trust Claims involving Disease Levels IV-VIII tend to raise more complex valuation issues than the Asbestos Unsecured PI Trust Claims in Disease Levels I-III. Accordingly, claimants holding claims involving these Disease Levels may alternatively seek to establish a liquidated value for the claim that is greater than its Scheduled Value by electing the Asbestos PI Trust s Individual Review process. However, the liquidated value of a more serious Disease Level IV, V, VII, or VIII claim that undergoes the Individual Review process for valuation purposes may be determined to be less than its Scheduled Value and, in any event, shall not exceed the Maximum Value for the relevant Disease Level set forth in sections 5.3(b)(3) and 5.3(b)(4) below, unless the claim qualifies as an Extraordinary Claim as defined in section 5.4(a) below, in which case its liquidated value cannot exceed the maximum value specified in that provision for such claims. Disease Level VI (Lung Cancer 2) claims and all Foreign Claims may be liquidated only pursuant to the Asbestos PI Trust s Individual Review process. Based upon the Halliburton Entities and the Harbison-Walker Entities claims settlement history in light of applicable tort law, and current projections of present and future unliquidated claims, the Scheduled Values and Maximum Values set forth in sections 5.3(b)(3) and 5.3(b)(4) have been established for each of the (5) five more serious Disease Levels that are eligible for Individual Review of their liquidated values. The Trustees shall use their reasonable best efforts to ensure that the Asbestos PI Trust processes claims such that over time the average Liquidated Amount of all Asbestos Unsecured PI Trust Claims in each of the (5) five more serious Disease Levels that are paid by the Asbestos PI Trust approximate the Average Value set forth in sections 5.3(b)(3) and 5.3(b)(4) for each such Disease Level. All unresolved disputes over a claimant s medical condition, exposure history, and/or the liquidated value of the Asbestos PI Trust Claim shall be subject to binding or nonbinding arbitration as set forth in section 5.10 below, at the election of the claimant, under the ADR Procedures that are provided in Attachment A hereto. Disputes over whether an Asbestos PI Trust Claim is an Asbestos Final Judgment Claim shall also be resolved pursuant to the ADR Procedures attached hereto. Asbestos Unsecured PI Trust Claims that are the subject of a dispute with the Asbestos PI Trust that cannot be resolved by such ADR Procedures, including nonbinding arbitration, may enter the tort system as provided in sections 5.11 and 7.6 below. However, if and when a claimant obtains a judgment in the tort system, the judgment shall be payable (subject to the Payment Percentage, Maximum Available Payment, and Claims Payment Ratio provisions set forth below) as provided in section 7.7. Disputes over whether an Asbestos PI Trust Claim is a Qualifying Settled Asbestos PI Trust Claim shall be resolved solely pursuant to the terms of the applicable Asbestos Claimant Settlement Agreement and the Plan. 3

8 2.3 Asbestos PI Trust Application of the Payment Percentage After the Liquidated Amount of an Asbestos PI Trust Claim, other than a claim involving Other Asbestos Disease (Disease Level I) as defined in section 5.3(a)(3), is determined pursuant to the procedures set forth herein for Expedited Review, Individual Review, arbitration, litigation in the tort system, or by settlement, the claimant shall ultimately receive a pro-rata share of that value based on the Payment Percentage described in section 4.2. As defined in the Plan, the Payment Percentage (a) shall be the Initial Payment Percentage with respect to all Qualifying Settled Asbestos Unsecured PI Trust Claims and Asbestos Final Judgment Claims and (b) the Payment Percentage selected by the Trustees of the Asbestos PI Trust with consent of the Asbestos TAC and the Legal Representative with respect to all claims liquidated under this TDP (other than claims paid as claims for Disease Level I (Other Asbestos Disease)); provided, however, that the Payment Percentage shall not exceed the Initial Payment Percentage prior to the first (1st) anniversary of the Effective Date. The Payment Percentage for Disease Level I shall be 100%. The Payment Percentage may thereafter be adjusted upwards or downwards from time to time by the Asbestos PI Trust with the consent of the Asbestos TAC and the Legal Representative to reflect then-current estimates of the Asbestos PI Trust s assets and its liabilities, as well as the estimated value of then-pending and future claims. The Trustees shall calculate the Payment Percentage based on the assumption that the Average Values set forth in sections 5.3(b)(3) and 5.3(b)(4) will be achieved by the Asbestos PI Trust with respect to existing present claims and projected future claims involving Disease Levels IV-VIII. However, any adjustment to the Payment Percentage shall be made only pursuant to section 4.2. If the Payment Percentage is increased over time, claimants (i) whose claims are subject to the Payment Percentage, (ii) whose claims were liquidated under the TDP or who hold Asbestos Final Judgment Claims, and (iii) who were paid in prior periods under the TDP, shall not receive additional payments except as provided in section 4.2, relating to circumstances in which the Asbestos PI Trust has received additional contributions under the Asbestos PI Trust Additional Funding Agreement, or section 5.1(c), relating to the Asbestos PI Trust s adjusting payment options. Because there is uncertainty in the prediction of both the number and severity of future claims and the amount of the Asbestos PI Trust s assets, no guarantee can be made of the Payment Percentage that will be applied to a particular Asbestos PI Trust Claim. 2.4 Asbestos PI Trust s Determination of the Maximum Annual Payment and Maximum Available Payment The Asbestos PI Trust shall estimate or model the amount of cash flow anticipated to be necessary over its entire life to ensure that funds will be available to treat all present and future claimants in a substantially similar manner. In each year, the Asbestos PI Trust shall be empowered to pay out all of the interest earned during the year, together with a portion of its principal, calculated so that the application of Asbestos PI Trust funds over its life shall correspond with the needs created by the anticipated flow of claims (the Maximum Annual Payment ) taking into account the Payment Percentage provisions set forth in sections 2.3 above and 4.2 below. The Asbestos PI Trust s distributions to all claimants for that year shall not exceed the Maximum Annual Payment determined for that year; provided, however, that the 4

9 Maximum Annual Payment limitation shall not apply to any Qualifying Settled Asbestos Unsecured PI Trust Claims as defined in section 5.2(a). In distributing the Maximum Annual Payment, the Asbestos PI Trust shall first allocate the amount in question to Asbestos Final Judgment Claims and to liquidated Asbestos Unsecured PI Trust Claims involving Disease Level I. Asbestos Final Judgment Claims and liquidated Disease Level I claims for which there are insufficient funds shall be carried over to the next year and placed at the head of the FIFO Payment Queue. In any given year, after payment of all outstanding Asbestos Final Judgment Claims and Disease Level I claims, the remaining portion of the Maximum Annual Payment (the Maximum Available Payment ), if any, shall then be allocated and used to satisfy all other liquidated Asbestos Unsecured PI Trust Claims, subject to the Claims Payment Ratio, if any, set forth in section 2.5 below. 2.5 Asbestos Unsecured PI Trust Claims Payment Ratio and Reduced Payment Option In the event the Payment Percentage is less than 100%, the Asbestos PI Trust shall implement a payment ratio (the Claims Payment Ratio ) to control the distribution of Asbestos PI Trust funds between Category A claims, which consist of Asbestos Unsecured PI Trust Claims involving severe asbestosis and malignancies (Disease Levels IV-VIII), that were unliquidated as of the DII Industries Petition Date, 2 and Category B claims, which are Asbestos Unsecured PI Trust Claims involving non-malignant asbestosis or pleural disease (Disease Levels II and III) that were similarly unliquidated as of the DII Industries Petition Date. Based on the Halliburton Entities and the Harbison-Walker Entities settlement history and analysis of present and future claims, the Claims Payment Ratios initially established by the Asbestos PI Trust shall be 60% for Category A claims and 40% for Category B claims. In no event shall the Claims Payment Ratio apply to any Qualifying Settled Asbestos PI Trust Claim, to any Asbestos Final Judgment Claim, or to any claims for Other Asbestos Disease (Disease Level I). In the event the Asbestos PI Trust implements a Claims Payment Ratio in each year, after the annual determination of the Maximum Available Payment described in section 2.4 above, the Claim Payment Ratio shall be applied to determine the proportion of the Maximum Available Payment that is available for Category A and Category B claims. In the event the Asbestos PI Trust implements a Claims Payment Ratio and there are insufficient funds in any year to pay the liquidated claims within either or both of the Categories, the available funds allocated to the particular Category shall be paid to the maximum extent to claimants in that Category based on their place in the FIFO Payment Queue described in section 5.1(b) below based upon the date of claim liquidation. Claims for which there are insufficient 2 Notwithstanding any definitions to the contrary in the Definitive Uniform Glossary of Defined Terms for Plan Documents filed of record with the Bankruptcy Court on November 22, 2004 [Docket # 2086], the term DII Industries Petition Date when used herein shall mean December 16, The term Harbison-Walker Petition Date shall mean February 14, In addition, the term Halliburton Claim shall mean an Asbestos PI Trust Claim filed against the Halliburton Entities. The term Harbison-Walker Claim shall mean an Asbestos PI Trust Claim filed against the Harbison-Walker Entities. 5

10 funds allocated to the relevant Category shall be carried over to the next year where they shall be placed at the head of the FIFO Payment Queue. If there are excess funds in either or both Categories, because there is an insufficient amount of liquidated claims to exhaust the respective Maximum Available Payment amount for that Category, then the excess funds for either or both Categories shall be rolled over and remain dedicated to the respective Category to which they were originally allocated. Except to the extent the Payment Percentage is adjusted upward to 100% (in which case the Trustees may suspend the use of the Claims Payment Ratio), the 60%/40% Claims Payment Ratio and its rollover provision shall not be amended until the fifth anniversary of the Effective Date. Thereafter, both the Claims Payment Ratio and its rollover provision shall be continued absent circumstances, such as a significant change in law or medicine, necessitating amendment to avoid a manifest injustice. However, the accumulation, rollover and subsequent delay of claims resulting from the application of the Claims Payment Ratio, shall not, in and of itself, constitute such circumstances. Nor may an increase in the numbers of Category B claims beyond those predicted or expected be considered as a factor in deciding whether to reduce the percentage allocated to Category A claims. In considering whether to make any amendments to the Claims Payment Ratio and/or its rollover provisions, the Trustees shall also consider the reasons for which the Claims Payment Ratio and its rollover provisions were adopted, the settlement history that gave rise to its calculation, and the foreseeability or lack of foreseeability of the reasons why there would be any need to make an amendment. In that regard, the Trustees should keep in mind the interplay between the Payment Percentage and the Claims Payment Ratio as it affects the net cash actually paid to claimants. In any event, no amendment to the Claims Payment Ratio may be made without the consent of the Asbestos TAC and the Legal Representative. However, the Trustees at any time may offer the option of a reduced payment percentage to either Category A or Category B in return for prompter payment (the Reduced Payment Option ). 2.6 Asbestos PI Trust Indemnity and Contribution Claims Indirect Asbestos Unsecured PI Trust Claims based on indemnity, contribution, or other theory of reimbursement, if any, shall be subject to the provisions of section 5.6 below. SECTION 3 TDP Administration 3.1 Asbestos TAC and Legal Representative Pursuant to the Plan and the Asbestos PI Trust Agreement, the Asbestos PI Trust and this TDP shall be administered by the Trustees in consultation with the Asbestos TAC and the Legal Representative. The Trustees shall obtain the consent of the Asbestos TAC and the Legal Representative on any amendments to this TDP pursuant to section 8.1 below, and on such other matters as are otherwise required below and in section 2.2(f) of the Asbestos PI Trust Agreement. The Trustees shall also consult with the Asbestos TAC and the Legal Representative on such matters as are provided below and in section 2.2(e) and (f) of the 6

11 Asbestos PI Trust Agreement. The initial members of the Asbestos TAC and the initial Legal Representative are identified in the Asbestos PI Trust Agreement. 3.2 Consultation and Consent Procedures In those circumstances in which their consultation or consent is required, the Trustees shall provide written notice to the Asbestos TAC and the Legal Representative of the specific amendment or other action that is proposed. The Trustees shall not implement such amendment nor take such action unless and until the parties have engaged in the Consultation Process described in sections 5.7(a) and 6.6(a), or the Consent Process described in sections 5.7(b) and 6.6(b) of the Asbestos PI Trust Agreement, respectively. SECTION 4 Payment Percentage; Periodic Estimates 4.1 Uncertainty of the Halliburton Entities and the Harbison-Walker Entities Asbestos Personal Injury Liabilities As discussed herein, there is inherent uncertainty regarding the Halliburton Entities and the Harbison-Walker Entities total asbestos-related tort liabilities, as well as the total value of the assets available to the Asbestos PI Trust to pay Asbestos Unsecured PI Trust Claims. There is also uncertainty surrounding the totality of the Asbestos Unsecured PI Trust Claims to be paid over time as well as the extent to which changes in applicable law could affect the Asbestos PI Trust s liabilities under this TDP. Consequently, there is inherent uncertainty regarding the amounts that holders of those Asbestos Unsecured PI Trust Claims will receive. To seek to ensure substantially equivalent treatment of all present and future Asbestos Unsecured PI Trust Claims, the Trustees shall determine from time to time the percentage of full liquidated value that holders of present and future Asbestos Unsecured PI Trust Claims will be likely to receive from the Asbestos PI Trust, i.e., the Payment Percentage described in section 2.3 above and section 4.2 below. 4.2 Payment Percentage The Payment Percentage (as defined in the Plan) shall apply to all payments made from the Asbestos PI Trust, other than payments made on account of claims involving Other Asbestos Disease (Disease Level I), to assure that such Asbestos PI Trust will be in a financial position to pay holders of present and future Asbestos Unsecured PI Trust Claims in substantially the same manner. Any subsequent changes to the Payment Percentage shall require the consent of the Asbestos TAC and the Legal Representative. The Payment Percentage shall be subject to change pursuant to the terms of this TDP and the Asbestos PI Trust if the Trustees determine that an adjustment is required. No less frequently than once every three (3) years, but no more frequently than annually (unless the requesting party can demonstrate the occurrence of a materially adverse change warranting greater frequency), commencing with the first day of January occurring after the Plan is consummated, the Trustees shall reconsider the thenapplicable Payment Percentage to assure that it is based on accurate, current information and may, after such reconsideration, change the Payment Percentage, if necessary, with the consent of the Asbestos TAC and the Legal Representative. The Trustees also shall reconsider the then- 7

12 applicable Payment Percentage at shorter intervals if they deem such reconsideration to be appropriate or if requested to do so by the Asbestos TAC or the Legal Representative. The Trustees must base their determination of the Payment Percentage on current estimates of the number, types, and values of present and future Asbestos Unsecured PI Trust Claims, the value of the assets then available to the Asbestos PI Trust for their payment, all anticipated administrative and legal expenses, and any other material matters that are reasonably likely to affect the sufficiency of Asbestos PI Trust funds to pay a comparable percentage of full value to all holders of Asbestos Unsecured PI Trust Claims. When making these determinations, the Trustees shall exercise common sense and shall flexibly evaluate all relevant factors. However, the Payment Percentage applicable to Category A or Category B claims may not be reduced to alleviate delays in payments of claims in the other Category; both Categories of claims shall receive the same Payment Percentage, but the payment may be deferred as needed, and a Reduced Payment Option may be instituted as described in Section 2.5 above. The uncertainty surrounding the amount of the Asbestos PI Trust s future assets is due in part to the fact that the Asbestos PI Trust may receive additional contributions under the Asbestos PI Trust Additional Funding Agreement. Any additional contributions shall be used first to maintain the then-applicable Payment Percentage. In determining the Payment Percentage, it shall be reasonable, so long as there has been no default in the Asbestos PI Trust Funding Agreement, for the Trustees to disregard the payment of Qualifying Settled Asbestos Claims, which claims are to be paid solely from funds provided through the Asbestos PI Trust Funding Agreement. In determining the Payment Percentage, it shall also be reasonable for the Trustees to disregard amounts which may be due under the Asbestos PI Trust Additional Funding Agreement until any amounts due under that Agreement become known and payable to the Trust. However, if the additional contributions exceed the amount estimated to be reasonably necessary to maintain the Payment Percentage then in effect, the Asbestos PI Trust, with the consent of the Asbestos TAC and the Legal Representative, shall adjust the Payment Percentage upward to reflect the increase in available assets and shall also make supplemental payments to claimants who previously liquidated their claims against the Asbestos PI Trust and received payments based on a lower Payment Percentage. The amount of any such supplemental payment shall be the liquidated value of the claim in question times the newly adjusted Payment Percentage, less all amounts previously paid the claimant with respect to the claim (excluding the portion of such previously paid amounts that was attributable to a sequencing adjustment paid pursuant to Section 7.5 below). In no event shall the Asbestos PI Trust make such supplemental payments to holders of Qualifying Settled Asbestos Unsecured PI Trust Claims. 4.3 Applicability of the Payment Percentage Except as otherwise provided in section 5.1(b) below for Asbestos Unsecured PI Trust Claims involving deceased or incompetent claimants for which approval of the Asbestos PI Trust s offer by a court or through a probate process is required, no holder of any other Asbestos PI Trust Claim, other than an Asbestos PI Trust Claim for Other Asbestos Disease (Disease Level I), shall receive from the Asbestos PI Trust a payment that exceeds the Liquidated Amount of the claim times the Payment Percentage in effect at the time of payment unless a Reduced 8

13 Payment Option applies. Asbestos Unsecured PI Trust Claims involving Other Asbestos Disease (Disease Level I) shall not be subject to the Payment Percentage, but shall instead be paid the full amount of their Scheduled Value as set forth in section 5.3(a)(3) below. If a redetermination of the Payment Percentage has been proposed in writing by the Trustees to the Asbestos TAC and the Legal Representative but has not yet been adopted, the claimant shall receive the lower of the current Payment Percentage or the proposed Payment Percentage. However, if the proposed Payment Percentage was the lower amount but is not subsequently adopted, the claimant shall thereafter receive the difference between the lower proposed amount and the higher current amount. Conversely, if the proposed Payment Percentage was the higher amount and is subsequently adopted, the claimant shall thereafter receive the difference between the lower current amount and the higher adopted amount. SECTION 5 Resolution of Asbestos Unsecured PI Trust Claims 5.1 Ordering, Processing, and Payment of Claims 5.1(a) Ordering of Claims 5.1(a)(1) Establishment of the FIFO Processing Queue Other than Qualifying Settled Asbestos Unsecured PI Trust Claims, which are addressed in section 5.2, the Asbestos PI Trust shall order claims that are sufficiently complete to be reviewed for processing purposes on a FIFO basis, except as otherwise provided herein (the FIFO Processing Queue ). For all claims filed between November 9, 2005, (the Claims Acceptance Date ) and before May 9, 2006, a claimant's position in the FIFO Processing Queue shall be determined as of the earlier of (i) the date prior to December 16, 2003 (the DII Industries Petition Date ) that the specific claim was either filed against one or more of the Halliburton Entities or the Harbison-Walker Entities in the tort system or was actually submitted to one or more of the Halliburton Entities or the Harbison-Walker Entities pursuant to an administrative settlement agreement, (ii) the date before the DII Industries Petition Date that a claim was filed against another defendant in the tort system if at the time the claim was subject to a tolling agreement with one or more of the Halliburton Entities or the Harbison-Walker Entities, or (iii) the date after the DII Industries Petition Date (if any) but before the Claims Acceptance Date that the claim was filed against another defendant in the tort system. Following May 9, 2006, the claimant s position in the FIFO Processing Queue shall be determined by the date the claim is filed with the Asbestos PI Trust. If any claims are filed on the same date, the claimant's position in the FIFO Processing Queue shall be determined by the date of the diagnosis of the asbestos-related disease. If any claims are filed and diagnosed on the same date, the claimant's position in the FIFO Processing Queue shall be determined by the claimant s date of birth, with older claimants given priority over younger claimants. 9

14 5.1(a)(2) Effect of Statutes of Limitations and Repose 5.1(a)(2)(A) Halliburton Claims Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, all Halliburton Claims must satisfy one of the following statutes of limitations: (i) for claims first filed in the tort system against a Halliburton Entity prior to the DII Industries Petition Date, the applicable federal, state, or foreign statute of limitation or repose that was in effect when the claim was filed in the tort system or (ii) for claims not filed against a Halliburton Entity in the tort system prior to the DII Industries Petition Date, the applicable statute of limitation that was in effect when the claim was filed with Asbestos PI Trust. The running of the statute of limitation or repose governing a Halliburton Claim shall be tolled as of the earliest of (i) the filing of the claim against a Halliburton or Harbison-Walker Entity in the tort system or by submission to a Halliburton or Harbison-Walker Entity pursuant to an administrative settlement agreement; (ii) the tolling of the statute by agreement or otherwise; or (iii) the DII Industries Petition Date. If the running of the statute of limitation or repose governing a Halliburton Claim is tolled pursuant to the preceding paragraph, and the claim was not barred by such statute when the tolling event occurred, the claim shall be treated as timely filed if it is filed with the Asbestos PI Trust within three years after the Claims Acceptance Date. Additionally, any Halliburton Claimant that was first diagnosed after the DII Industries Petition Date may timely file with the Asbestos PI Trust within three years after the date of diagnosis or the Claims Acceptance Date, whichever occurs later, even if the applicable federal, state, or foreign statute of limitation or repose has expired. 5.1(a)(2)(B) Harbison-Walker Claims Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, Harbison-Walker Claims must satisfy one of the following statutes of limitations: (i) for claims first filed in the tort system against a Harbison-Walker Entity prior to the Harbison-Walker Petition Date, the applicable federal, state, or foreign statute of limitation or repose that was in effect when the claim was filed in the tort system or (ii) for claims not filed against a Harbison-Walker Entity in the tort system prior to the Harbison-Walker Petition Date, the applicable statute of limitation that was in effect when the claim was filed with Asbestos PI Trust. The running of the statute of limitation or repose governing a Harbison-Walker Claim shall be tolled as of the earliest of (i) the filing of the claim against a Halliburton or Harbison- Walker Entity in the tort system or by submission to a Halliburton or Harbison-Walker Entity pursuant to an administrative settlement agreement; (ii) the tolling of the statute by agreement or otherwise; or (iii) the Harbison-Walker Petition Date. If the running of the statute of limitation or repose governing a Harbison-Walker Claim is tolled pursuant to the preceding paragraph, and the claim was not barred by such statute when the tolling event occurred, the claim shall be treated as timely filed if it is filed with the Asbestos PI Trust within three years after the Claims Acceptance Date. Additionally, any Harbison- 10

15 Walker Claimant that was first diagnosed after the Harbison-Walker Petition Date may timely file with the Asbestos PI Trust within three years after the date of diagnosis or the Claims Acceptance Date, whichever occurs later, even if the applicable federal, state, or foreign statute of limitation or repose has expired. 5.1(b) Payment of Claims Asbestos Unsecured PI Trust Claims that have been liquidated by the Asbestos PI Trust s Expedited Review process ( Expedited Review ) as provided in section 5.3(a) below, by the Asbestos PI Trust s Individual Review process ( Individual Review ) as provided in section 5.3(b) below, by arbitration as provided in section 5.10 below, or by litigation in the tort system as provided in sections 5.11 and 7.6 below shall be paid in FIFO order based on the date their liquidation became final (the FIFO Payment Queue ), all such payments being subject to the applicable Payment Percentage, the Maximum Annual Payment, the Maximum Available Payment, and, if any, the Claims Payment Ratio, except as otherwise provided herein. Qualifying Settled Asbestos Unsecured PI Trust Claims shall be paid solely pursuant to the Plan, the Asbestos PI Trust Funding Agreement, and section 5.2(a) below. Asbestos Final Judgment Claims shall be paid solely pursuant to section 5.2(b) below. Where the claimant is deceased or incompetent, and the settlement and payment of his or her claim must be approved by a court of competent jurisdiction or through a probate process prior to acceptance of the claim by the claimant s representative, an offer made by the Asbestos PI Trust on the claim shall remain open so long as proceedings before that court or in that probate process remain pending, provided that the Asbestos PI Trust has been furnished with evidence that the settlement offer has been submitted to such court or in the probate process for approval. If the offer is ultimately approved by the court or through the probate process and accepted by the claimant s representative, the Asbestos PI Trust shall pay the claim in the amount so offered, multiplied by the Payment Percentage in effect at the time the offer was first made. If any claims are liquidated on the same date, the claimant s position in the FIFO Payment Queue shall be determined by the date of the diagnosis of the claimant s asbestosrelated disease. If any claims are liquidated on the same date and the respective holders asbestos-related diseases were diagnosed on the same date, the position of those claims in the FIFO Payment Queue shall be determined by the Asbestos PI Trust based on the dates of the claimants birth, with older claimants given priority over younger claimants. 5.1(c) Adjusting Payments Option At the sole discretion of the Trustees (with the consent of the Asbestos TAC and the Legal Representative), the Asbestos PI Trust may authorize supplemental payments, on account of any future increase in the Payment Percentage, to any or all previously allowed Asbestos Unsecured PI Trust Claims (other than Qualifying Settled Asbestos PI Trust Claims) in an amount equal to the Liquidated Value multiplied by the then-current Payment Percentage less the amount of any previous payments on account of such Claims (other than payments on account of any sequencing adjustment under section 7.5 below); provided, however, that the Asbestos PI Trust shall not be obligated, under this paragraph, to make a supplemental payment on account 11

16 of any allowed Asbestos Unsecured PI Trust Claim and shall not make any supplemental payment to the extent that the amount of such supplemental payment would be less than $100. However, the Trustees' obligation shall resume and the Trustees shall pay any such aggregate supplemental payments due the claimant at such time that the accumulated and unpaid total exceeds $100. In addition, at the sole discretion of the Trustees (with the consent of the Asbestos TAC and the Legal Representative), the Asbestos PI Trust may authorize supplemental payments, on account of any future increase of any Scheduled Value, Average Value or Maximum Value under section 5.3(c) of this Asbestos TDP, to any or all previously allowed Asbestos Unsecured PI Trust Claims (other than Qualifying Settled Asbestos PI Trust Claims) in the affected Disease Level. The amount of any such supplemental payments shall be determined by the Trustees (with the consent of the Asbestos TAC and the Legal Representative) at the time of any such future increase under section 5.3(c); provided, however, that in no event shall the Asbestos PI Trust be obligated, under this paragraph, to make a supplemental payment on account of any allowed Asbestos Unsecured PI Trust Claim to the extent that the amount of such supplemental payment would be less than $ Resolution of Liquidated Asbestos Unsecured PI Trust Claims. 5.2(a) Qualifying Settled Asbestos PI Trust Claims. Qualifying Settled Asbestos PI Trust Claims shall be paid by the Asbestos PI Trust pursuant to the terms of the Plan and the Asbestos PI Trust Funding Agreement. Any dispute concerning whether a Settled Asbestos PI Trust Claim is a Qualifying Settled Asbestos PI Trust Claim shall be resolved between the claimant and the Debtors or Reorganized Debtors solely in accordance with the applicable Asbestos Claimant Settlement Agreement and the Plan. The Asbestos PI Trust shall not participate in such dispute and shall have no responsibility to pay a Settled Asbestos PI Trust Claim that has not been determined in accordance with the terms of the applicable Asbestos Claimant Settlement Agreement and the Plan to be a Qualifying Settled Asbestos PI Trust Claim; provided, however, that nothing in this section 5.2(a) shall preclude the holder of an alleged Settled Asbestos PI Trust Claim that is determined not to be a Qualifying Settled Asbestos PI Trust Claim from submitting an Asbestos Unsecured PI Trust Claim to the Asbestos PI Trust. Qualifying Settled Asbestos PI Trust Claims shall not be subject to the Payment Percentage, Maximum Annual Payment, Maximum Available Payment or Claims Payment Ratio, if any, limitations provided above. 5.2(b) Asbestos Final Judgment Claims Asbestos Final Judgment Claims as defined in the Plan shall be processed by the Asbestos PI Trust based on their place in a separate FIFO queue to be established for such claims. The placement of such claims in the FIFO queue shall be based on the date on which the claim was liquidated by a final judgment in the tort system. The Liquidated Amount of such claims shall be the unpaid amount of the judgment plus any interest on the claim that has accrued under applicable state law. All payments of Asbestos Final Judgment Claims shall be subject to the applicable Payment Percentage and the Maximum Annual Payment provisions set forth 12

17 above. Such claims, however, shall not be subject to the Maximum Available Payment or Claims Payment Ratio, if any, limitations. 5.3 Resolution of Unliquidated Asbestos Pl Trust Claims Within six months after the establishment of the Asbestos PI Trust, the Trustees, with the consent of the Asbestos TAC and the Legal Representative, shall adopt procedures for reviewing and liquidating all unliquidated Asbestos Unsecured PI Trust Claims, which shall include deadlines for processing such claims. Such procedures shall also require that claimants seeking resolution of unliquidated Asbestos Unsecured PI Trust Claims first file a proof of claim form, together with the required supporting documentation, in accordance with the provisions of sections 6.1 and 6.2 below. It is anticipated that the Asbestos PI Trust shall provide an initial response to the claimant within six months of receiving the proof of claim form. The proof of claim form shall require the claimant to assert his or her claim for the highest Disease Level for which the claim qualifies at the time of filing. Irrespective of the Disease Level alleged on the proof of claim form, all claims shall be deemed to be a claim for the highest Disease Level for which the claim qualifies at the time of filing, and all lower Disease Levels for which the claim may also qualify at the time of filing or in the future shall be treated as subsumed into the higher Disease Level for both processing and payment purposes. Upon filing of a valid proof of claim form with the required supporting documentation, the claimant shall be placed in the FIFO Processing Queue in accordance with the ordering criteria described in section 5.1(a) above. If a claim has been pending in the FIFO Processing Queue for more than 270 days, the Asbestos PI Trust shall provide the claimant with reasonable notice of the date by which it expects to reach the claim in the FIFO Processing Queue, following which the claimant shall promptly (i) advise the Asbestos PI Trust whether the claimant wishes to change his or her initial election as between Expedited Review and Individual Review; (ii) provide the Asbestos PI Trust with any additional medical and/or exposure evidence that was not provided with the original claim submission; and (iii) advise the Asbestos PI Trust of any change in the claimant s Disease Level. If a claimant fails to respond to the Asbestos PI Trust s notice on a timely basis, the Asbestos PI Trust shall process and liquidate the claim under the review process initially elected based upon the medical/exposure evidence previously submitted by the claimant. Claimants may supplement or otherwise update information submitted with claims filed with the Asbestos PI Trust at any time before the Asbestos PI Trust issues a notice of determination with respect to the claim. 5.3(a) Expedited Review Process 5.3(a)(1) In General Expedited Review is designed primarily to provide an expeditious, efficient, and inexpensive method for liquidating all Asbestos Unsecured PI Trust Claims (except those involving Lung Cancer 2 (Disease Level VI) and all Foreign Claims as defined below, which shall be liquidated only pursuant to the Asbestos PI Trust s Individual Review process) where the claim can easily be verified by the Asbestos PI Trust as meeting the presumptive 13

18 Medical/Exposure Criteria for the relevant Disease Level. Expedited Review thus provides claimants with a substantially less burdensome process for pursuing Asbestos Unsecured PI Trust Claims than does the Individual Review process described in section 5.3(b) below. Expedited Review is also intended to provide qualifying claimants a fixed and certain claims payment. Thus, claims that undergo Expedited Review and meet the presumptive Medical/Exposure Criteria for the relevant Disease Level shall be paid the Scheduled Value for such Disease Level set forth in section 5.3(a)(3) below. However, except for claims involving Other Asbestos Disease (Disease Level I), all claims liquidated by Expedited Review shall be subject to the applicable Payment Percentage, the Maximum Available Payment, and, if any, the Claims Payment Ratio limitations set forth above. Claimants holding claims that cannot be liquidated by Expedited Review because they do not meet the presumptive Medical/Exposure Criteria for the relevant Disease Level may elect Individual Review set forth in section 5.3(b) below. Further, the claimant s eligibility to receive the Scheduled Value for his or her Asbestos Unsecured PI Trust Claim pursuant to the Expedited Review Process shall be determined by reference to the Medical/Exposure Criteria set forth below (rather than by reference to the law of the Claimant s Jurisdiction) for each of the Disease Levels eligible for Expedited Review. 5.3(a)(2) Claims Processing under Expedited Review All claimants seeking liquidation of their claims pursuant to Expedited Review shall file the Asbestos PI Trust s proof of claim form provided in Attachment B hereto. As a proof of claim form is reached in the FIFO Processing Queue, the Asbestos PI Trust shall determine whether the claim described therein meets the Medical/Exposure Criteria for one of the seven Disease Levels eligible for Expedited Review and shall advise the claimant of its determination. If a Disease Level is determined, the Asbestos PI Trust shall tender to the claimant an offer of payment of the Scheduled Value for the relevant Disease Level multiplied by the applicable Payment Percentage, together with a form of release approved by the Asbestos PI Trust. If the claimant accepts the Scheduled Value and returns the release properly executed, the claim shall be placed in the FIFO Payment Queue, following which the Asbestos PI Trust shall disburse payment subject to the limitations of the Maximum Available Payment and Claims Payment Ratio, if any. 5.3(a)(3) Disease Levels, Scheduled Values, and Medical/Exposure Criteria The eight Disease Levels covered by this TDP, together with the Medical/Exposure Criteria for each and the separate Scheduled Values for the unliquidated Asbestos Unsecured PI Trust Claims for which any of the Harbison-Walker Entities have legal responsibility (the Harbison-Walker Asbestos Unsecured PI Trust Claims ) and for the unliquidated Asbestos Unsecured PI Trust Claims for which any of the Halliburton Entities or their predecessors other than Harbison-Walker Entities have legal responsibility (the Non-Harbison-Walker Asbestos Unsecured PI Trust Claims ) for the seven Disease Levels eligible for Expedited Review, are set forth below. For those claimants who (i) vote to accept or reject the plan and (ii) file their claims 14

19 with the Asbestos PI Trust on or before six months after the Claims Acceptance Date provided in section 5.1 above, these Disease Levels, Scheduled Values, and Medical/Exposure Criteria shall apply to all Asbestos Unsecured PI Trust Claims (except Qualifying Settled Asbestos Unsecured PI Trust Claims) for which the claimant elects Expedited Review. Thereafter for purposes of administering Expedited Review and with the consent of the Asbestos TAC and the Legal Representative, the Trustees may add to, change, or eliminate Disease Levels, Scheduled Values, or Medical/Exposure Criteria; develop subcategories of Disease Levels, Scheduled Values, or Medical/Exposure Criteria; or determine that a novel or exceptional asbestos personal injury claim is compensable even though it does not meet the Medical/Exposure Criteria for any of the then-current Disease Levels. [remainder of page intentionally left blank] 15

20 Schedule I-Non-Harbison-Walker Asbestos Unsecured PI Trust Claims and Harbison-Walker Asbestos Unsecured PI Trust Claims Disease Level Mesothelioma (Level VIII) Lung Cancer 1 (Level VII) Non-Harbison-Walker Asbestos Unsecured PI Trust Claims/ Harbison-Walker Asbestos Unsecured PI Trust Claims $57,200/$136,500 $9,300/$44,900 Medical/Exposure Criteria (1) Diagnosis 3 of mesothelioma and (2) credible evidence of Company Exposure. 4 (1) Diagnosis of a primary lung cancer plus evidence of an underlying Bilateral Asbestos-Related Nonmalignant Disease, 5 (2) six months Company Exposure prior to December 31, 1982, (3) Significant Occupational Exposure 6 to asbestos, and (4) supporting medical documentation establishing asbestos exposure as a contributing factor in causing the lung cancer in question. 3 The requirements for a diagnosis of an asbestos-related disease that may be compensated under the provisions of this TDP are set forth in section 5.7 below. 4 The term Company Exposure is defined in section 5.7(c) below. 5 Evidence of Bilateral Asbestos-Related Nonmalignant Disease for purposes of meeting the criteria for establishing Disease Levels I, II, III, V, and VII, means either (i) a chest X-ray read by a qualified B reader of 1/0 or higher on the ILO scale or (ii)(x) a chest X-ray read by a qualified B reader or other Qualified Physician, (y) a CT scan read by a Qualified Physician, or (z) pathology, in each case showing either bilateral interstitial fibrosis, bilateral pleural plaques, bilateral pleural thickening, or bilateral pleural calcification. Evidence submitted to demonstrate (i) or (ii) above must be in the form of a written report stating the results (e.g., an ILO report, a written radiology report or a pathology report). Solely for asbestos claims filed against the Halliburton Entities and/or the Harbison-Walker Entities or another defendant in the tort system prior to the DII Industries Petition Date, if an ILO reading is not available, either (i) a chest X-ray or a CT scan read by a Qualified Physician, or (ii) pathology, in each case showing bilateral interstitial fibrosis, bilateral pleural plaques, bilateral pleural thickening, or bilateral pleural calcification consistent with or compatible with a diagnosis of asbestos-related disease, shall be evidence of a Bilateral Asbestos-Related Nonmalignant Disease for purposes of meeting the presumptive medical requirements of Disease Levels I, II, III, V, and VII. Pathological evidence of asbestosis may be based on the pathological grading system for asbestosis described in the Special Issue of the Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Asbestos-Associated Diseases, Vol. 106, No. 11, App. 3 (October 8, 1982). For all purposes of this TDP, a Qualified Physician is a physician who is board-certified (or in the case of Canadian claims or Foreign Claims, a physician who is certified or qualified under comparable medical standards or criteria of the jurisdiction in question) in one or more relevant specialized fields of medicine such as pulmonology, radiology, internal medicine or occupational medicine; provided, however, that the requirement for board certification in this provision shall not apply to otherwise qualified physicians whose X-ray and/or CT scan readings are submitted for deceased holders of Asbestos PI Trust Claims. 6 The term Significant Occupational Exposure is defined in section 5.7(b)(2) below. 16